Cement-post fastener.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1908. O. B. INGRAHAM & A. L.. MOSBR.

CEMENT POST FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED F212;, 1908.

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CHARLES B. INGRAHAM AND AUREL L. MOSER, OF LAUREL, IOWA.

CEMENT-POST FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES B. INGRA- HAM and AUREL L. MOSER, citizens of the United States, residing at Laurel, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Cement- Post Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide simple, durable and inexpensive means for firmly and securely connecting longitudinal fence wires with a cement fence post.

Our invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination with a cement fence .post of the means for attaching longitudinal wires thereto, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in our claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 4 Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a fence post embodying our invention, with longitudinal fence wires attached thereto. Fig. 2 shows a horizontal, Sectional view of same, taken on a line through the upper portion of the post adjacent to the point where the supporting wires pass through the post, and Fig. 3 shows a similar view, taken on a line through the post at a point where one of the tie wires for the supporting wire passes through the post.-

Referring to the accompanying drawings, we have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a cement post of the ordinary construction, having a number of longitudinal reinforcing wires or rods 11 extended longitudinally through it.

The device for supporting fence wires consists of two wires 12 and 13, having their cen-' tral portions twisted together, and-having their up er and lower end portions each extended t rough the post from its front to its rear, and then twisted together at 14 at the rear of the post. We preferably extend these wires 11 and 12 through the post outside of the reinforcing wires or rods 11, so that they will encircle said reinforcing wires or rods, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In order to hold the central portion of the wires 12 and 13 adjacent to the post, weprovide. a number of wires 15 with their central portions overlapping the wires 12 and 13, and their body portions extended through the post from front to rear, and twisted together at 16 at the rear of the post.

The reference numeral 17 is used to indicate fence wires which are connected to the loops 18.

wires 12 and 13 by means of twisted wire Obviously, ifthe fence wires are placed adjacent to the twisted wires 12 and 13 and are then firmly bound to the twisted wires by means of a wire loop 18, the fence wires are firmly held a ainst up and down movement and are firmly and permanently secured to the twisted wires 12 and 13. this arrangement of parts, the fence wire may be attached to the twisted wires at any point throughout the entire length of the post, and any number of fence wires may be attached to the post, as may be found desirable.

By having the twisted wires 12 and 13 extended through the post and arranged to encircle the reinforcing wires or rods 11, it is obvious that any strain upon the fence wires tending'to tear them away from the post will be resisted, not only by the strength of the cement pos't itself, but also by the reinforcing wires or rods 11. When it is desired to remove the fence wires, this may be done byuntwisting the wire loops 18 and hence the post itself and the twisted wires 12 and 13 are not in any way damaged by removing and replacing wires any number of times.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, therefor is .1. The combination with a fence post, of a fence wire supporting device, comprising a body portion formed of two wires twisted together, the upper and lower ends of said wires being separated and extended through the post from one side to the other, and the adjacent ends of the wires twisted together at the opposite side of the post.

2. The combination with a fence post, of a fence wire supporting device, comprising a body portion formed of two wires twisted together, the upper and lower ends of said wiresbeing separated and extended through the post, from one side to the other, and the adjacent ends of the wires twisted together at the opposite side of the post, and a wire loop encircling the twisted wires, and extended through the post and twisted together at the side of the post opposite from the supporting wire.

3. The combination with a fence post, of a fence wire supporting device, comprising a body portion formed of two wires twisted to gether, the upper and lower ends of said wires being separated and extended through the post, from one side to the other, and the adjacent ends of the wires twisted together at the opposite side of the post, a wire loop encircling the twisted wires, and extended through the post and twisted together at the side of the post opposite from the supporting wires, and wire loops encircling the twisted Wires of the fence wire support, and designed to receive wires, and connect them with the fence wire support.

4. The combination with a cement fence post, having a number of longitudinal reinforcing wires or rods therein, of a fence wire support, comprising two wires twisted together at their central portions and having their upper and lower ends separated and 15 port to the front of the post, and means for 20 securing fence Wires thereto.

Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 9, 1908.

CHARLES B. INGRAHAM. AUREL L. MOSER.

Witnesses J. R. C. MoBnoou, H. P. WEISSENBERGEN. 

